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Recognised as Colour

#EDECCA

  • #EDECCA
  • Yellow
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light goldenrod yellow

#EDECCA is a yellow with RGB values 237, 236, 202 and HSL 58°, 49%, 86%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 17.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light goldenrod yellow.

Colour values

#EDECCA#EDECCA
HEX#EDECCA
RGBrgb(237, 236, 202)
RGB (0–1)0.9294, 0.9255, 0.7922
RGB percentages92.9%, 92.5%, 79.2%
HSLhsl(58.3, 49.3%, 86.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(58.3, 14.8%, 92.9%)
CMYK0%, 0.4%, 14.8%, 7.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,592,650
CSS custom property--colour: #EDECCA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.8226WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness232.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 17.45:1
Contrast with white1.2:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black17.45:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#EAEAEA
Inverted#121335

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#F2E9C8no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#F3EBCBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.8 from the original
Tritanopia#F3E7E2no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 15.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.2:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text17.45:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light goldenrod yellow · ΔE 5.5Beige · ΔE 5.7Cornsilk · ΔE 6.1Light yellow · ΔE 6.8Papaya whip · ΔE 7.3Lemon chiffon · ΔE 7.5
Nearest named CSS colourLight goldenrod yellow (#FAFAD2)ΔE 5.49, clearly different but related
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#CACBED
Analogous#EDDBCA, #DDEDCA
Triadic#CAEDEC, #ECCAED
Split complementary#CADDED, #DBCAED
Tetradic#CAEDDB, #CACBED, #EDCADD

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#FAFAF0
Darker −10%#E0DEA4
Darker −20%#D3D17E
Darker −30%#C6C358
Darker −40%#AFAC3C
More saturated +25%#F6F4C1
Less saturated −25%#E4E4D3

Channel breakdown

R237
G236
B202
Red237 (92.9%)
Green236 (92.5%)
Blue202 (79.2%)
Hue58.29°
Saturation (HSL)49.3%
Lightness86.08%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR ED · G EC · B CA

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